J/MNRAS/369/723    Fourier parameters for Cepheid variables    (Ngeow+, 2006)

Period-colour and amplitude-colour relations in classical Cepheid variables. IV: The multi-phase relations Ngeow C., Kanbur S.M <Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 369, 723 (2006)> =2006MNRAS.369..723N 2006MNRAS.369..723N
ADC_Keywords: Stars, variable ; Photometry Keywords: Cepheids - stars: fundamental parameters Abstract: The superb phase resolution and quality of the OGLE data on LMC and SMC Cepheids, together with existing data on Galactic Cepheids, are combined to study the period-colour (PC) and amplitude-colour (AC) relations as a function of pulsation phase. Our results confirm earlier work that the LMC PC relation (at mean light) is more consistent with two lines of differing slopes, separated at a period of 10 days. However, our multi-phase PC relations reveal much new structure which can potentially increase our understanding of Cepheid variables. These multi-phase PC relations provide insight into why the Galactic PC relation is linear but the LMC PC relation is non-linear. This is because the LMC PC relation is shallower for short (logP<1) and steeper for long (logP>1) period Cepheids than the corresponding Galactic PC relation. Both of the short and long period Cepheids in all three galaxies exhibit the steepest and shallowest slopes at phases around 0.75-0.85, respectively. A consequence is that the PC relation at phase ∼0.8 is highly non-linear. Further, the Galactic and LMC Cepheids with logP>1 display a flat slope in the PC plane at phases close to the maximum light. When the LMC period- luminosity (PL) relation is studied as a function of phase, we confirm that it changes with the PC relation. The LMC PL relation in V- and I-band near the phase of 0.8 provides compelling evidence that this relation is also consistent with two lines of differing slopes joined at a period close to 10 days. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file tablea1.dat 125 154 V-band Fourier parameters for the Galactic Cepheid tablea2.dat 125 154 I-band Fourier parameters for the Galactic Cepheid tablea3.dat 208 641 V-band Fourier parameters for the LMC Cepheid tablea4.dat 209 641 I-band Fourier parameters for the LMC Cepheid tablea5.dat 125 390 V-band Fourier parameters for the SMC Cepheid tablea6.dat 125 390 I-band Fourier parameters for the SMC Cepheid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/AcA/49/543 : OGLE LMC + SMC Cepheids VI photometry (Pietrzynski+, 1999) J/AcA/49/437 : BVI photometry of OGLE SMC Cepheids (Udalski+, 1999) J/AcA/49/223 : BVI photometry of OGLE LMC Cepheids (Udalski+, 1999) Byte-by-byte Description of file: tablea?.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 15 A15 --- Name Cepheid identification (1) 17- 21 F5.3 mag E(B-V) Extinction value 23- 30 F8.6 [d] log(P) Log period 32- 37 F6.3 mag A0 V or I band mean magnitude 39- 44 F6.4 mag A1 Fourier amplitude A1 46- 51 F6.4 rad phi1 Fourier phase phi1 53- 58 F6.4 mag A2 Fourier amplitude A2 60- 65 F6.4 rad phi2 Fourier phase phi2 71- 76 F6.4 mag A3 Fourier amplitude A3 78- 83 F6.4 rad phi3 Fourier phase phi3 85- 90 F6.4 mag A4 ? Fourier amplitude A4 92- 97 F6.4 rad phi4 ? Fourier phase phi4 99-104 F6.4 mag A5 ? Fourier amplitude A5 106-111 F6.4 rad phi5 ? Fourier phase phi5 113-118 F6.4 mag A6 ? Fourier amplitude A6 120-125 F6.4 rad phi6 ? Fourier phase phi6 127-132 F6.4 mag A7 ? Fourier amplitude A7 134-139 F6.4 rad phi7 ? Fourier phase phi7 141-146 F6.4 mag A8 ? Fourier amplitude A8 148-153 F6.4 rad phi8 ? Fourier phase phi8 155-160 F6.4 mag A9 ? Fourier amplitude A9 162-167 F6.4 rad phi9 ? Fourier phase phi9 169-174 F6.4 mag A10 ? Fourier amplitude A10 176-181 F6.4 rad phi10 ? Fourier phase phi10 183-188 F6.4 mag A11 ? Fourier amplitude A11 190-195 F6.4 rad phi11 ? Fourier phase phi11 197-202 F6.4 mag A12 ? Fourier amplitude A12 204-209 F6.4 rad phi12 ? Fourier phase phi12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Variable name for Galactic Cepheids (tables A1 and A2), OGLE (Udalski et al., 1999, Cat. J/AcA/49/437) name for SMC Cepheids (tables A3 and A4), OGLE (Udalski et al., 1999, Cat. J/AcA/49/223) or HV (Hodge & Wright, 1967SAOP.4699....1H 1967SAOP.4699....1H) name for LMC Cephedis (tables A5 and A6) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements: Chow-Choong Ngeow, cngeow(at)astro.uiuc.edu
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 19-May-2006
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